Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:

1. Define fetal pericardial effusion and describe its causes and risk factors. 
2. Discuss the potential complications associated with fetal pericardial effusion, including fetal hydrops and cardiac tamponade. 
3. Evaluate the management options for fetal pericardial effusion, including fetal interventions and postnatal follow-up care. 
4. Discuss the long-term outcomes of fetal pericardial effusion and the potential impact on the child's health and development.
5. Describe the development of the fetal heart and pericardium.
6. Classify and Etiology of pericardial effusion in the neonate.
7. Discuss the association between pericardial effusion and CVC.
8. Discuss the management and follow-ups in a neonate with pericardial effusion.
9. List complications of pericardial effusion.
10. Discuss emergency management of cardiac tamponade-pericardiocentesis.                                                                                             

 Faculty

Shatabdi Saha Pinky, MD
Dhaka Medical College, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pediatric Resident
Baystate Medical Center 

Jahel Santacruz, MD
UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
OB/GYN Resident
Baystate Medical Center   

Faculty Disclosure

Baystate Health Continuing Interprofessional Education follows the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. 

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Physicians
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team and learners will receive 1.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.